The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-12-08
Greiner Once More.

ED1roR PIosEER:-In your last paper the
Turner faction pooled their mighty intellects
to down your humble servant. They in ef-
feet: say, shut up, you are no tax payer, and
they produce grist Of legal rubbish from
their wind mill at Minnewaukan and plead
iusly say, do stop now. If you show up any
more Of our rascality it will have the effect Of
stopping people from coming into the county.
And Growing over their supposed short victo-
ry Of an hour, they politely inform me an
N Office seeker and sore head.
I simply mention these assertions to show
the kind Of q defence these men that claim
to be the party Of purity, offer to Offset
charge I publicly brought against them, viz:
That they not only allowed, but exouoratsd
the late County Treasurer, Mr.. Greiner, who
pocketed $95 Of the peoples money that did
not belong to him and with persistency
worthy better cause. Although well aware
Of the fact that he had no claim on the peo-
pie for this amount he has it yet, and moth
ing but the brawny arm Of the law which
the highest legal authority in Dakota directs
our county Board to let loose at once, will
constrain him to disgorge.
In order that the people may get to the
bottom of this nefarious scheme, allow me to
take brief review Of the part acted by Mr.
Greiner in this play Of grab all you can get
whether right or wrong.
It will be remembered that in the early
part Of Mr.. Greiner's term Of Office the Co.
Board borrowed sums of money at different
times for the use Of the county and when the
sum came into Mr.. Greiner's hands hs
promptly stuck to a per cent. rs commission.
This the Board on the advice Of D. A. Noble.
refused payment. Mr.. Greiner felt indig-
nant. The Board consulted their late d. A.
who was in Office previous to Mr.. Noble, and
he ruled the same as Noble, not only with
regard to Greiner but also to Mr.. Finlayson
who was Treasurer at the organization.
When Mr.. Greiner was so indignant It was
expected. .le would resign: but not he. He
simply put the money in his pocket and de-
fed the commissioners to take it out and hs
did so again next loan and when the Board
made third loan they acted as their own
treasurer in order to keep out OF trouble with
GreiDer and save the Co. $50, and 50 time
went on while Grelner bulldozed them at ev-
cry meeting to no effect. So when the new
Board came into Office last January, Mr..
Greiner held the money in defiance Of all
law and now comes the interesting part Of
the story.
When Mr.. Greiner came to settle with the
new Board as they expressed it, they could
get no straight account from him. His whole
whole books were in state Of chaos. Mr..
Greiner produced three different statements
but none would pass muster and 10 the Board
proved false to their trnst at their first meet
ing, adjourning without settling with the out
going Treasurer, and 10 the matter stood for
Z months. In the interval tho district At
torney insisted that o settlement ought to be
had Gnd on becoming aggressive on this sub
ject he was politely informed BY Mr.. Turner
that his Office did not exist and that they
wanted no more Of his advice and would give
him no salary and 80 ignored Mr.. Noble and
declared the District Attorney 1t Minnewau-
kan their legal adviser. In the mean time
on : vacancy occurring, Mr.. Greiner was Ap-
pointed Commissioner BY the turner Nd
ministrasion and held that Office for three
months before hs made q effort % strsieht-